"There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies."

-- Hanna Rosin

#Kings Quotes #Past Quotes #Circles Quotes

“I can't relate to 99% of humanity.”
“In all the years I played, he (Stan Williams) was the only guy who ever scared me and he was on my team.”
“A man is seldom more manly than when he is what you call unmanned,--the source of his emotion is championship, pity, and courage; the instinctive desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy, and defend those who are tender and weak.”
“Remember you live in a community. You have a responsibility to be accountable to your family and your community as well as yourself.”
“The weight of great power crushes the goodness of the man who rules and the honesty of those who are ruled.”
“Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.”
“Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.”
“nothing in Nature stands still; everything strives and moves forward. If we could only view the first stages of creation, how the kingdoms of nature were built one upon the other, a progression of forward-striving forces would reveal itself in all evolution.”

Source : "'Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit' ('Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man')". Book by Johann Gottfried Herder, translated by T. Churchill. Book 5, 1803.

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